Oasis of the Seas Review
Lines, lines, lines, and why are the restaraunts closed?.
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This is our 10th cruise, 2nd on Royal Caribbean, 2nd from Port Everglades. We stayed the night before at the Embassy Suites on 17th street and highly recommend it. The staff was very friendly and helpful, the rooms were clean and the breakfast was very good. There are plenty of restaurants and shopping in walking distance.
We parked at the Park-n-go. We booked online and saved a big chunk of money. The whole parking process was easy and fast. We pulled up and they had us stop under a big tent to unload the cars. They then park the car for you, they do this because the stack the cars in so they can fit as many cars as possible. No worries, since they provide airport parking too the place is manned 24/7 and is well lit and has high fences.
The check-in process at the terminal was odd to say the least. When we went through security they actually checked that the wine bottles we brought were actually wine by opening the bags and looking at the bottles. First time that has happened, I guess they are trying to crack down on smuggling. Anyway, we go to the Gold check in line and we notice that my son, who has sailed RCCL before, is not listed as Gold. No problem, we'll try to fix it (again, I did this three times before we left) when we get on-board. We then go upstairs to the waiting area. This is where we run into a lady who is just doing what she was told to do, keep non-Gold members out of the Gold waiting area, and she was very good at it. Since our sons card does not say Gold on it she says he has to sit elsewhere but we are welcome to sit there. Deciding not to abandon our son, we sat with him. While we are waiting we can hear some sort of announcements being made but the middle of the waiting area apparently has no speakers so we have no idea what is going on and can only deduce by watching the other people. We are finally told that we may board the ship so we head through the first set of doors and are promptly met by what would be the first of many lines. After five minutes of winding up the gangway we get on the ship. Once aboard we make our way to the Park Cafe, another long line, took about 10-12 minutes to get through that line. We are amazed by the roast beef sandwiches as well as the paninis and desserts. By the time we finish eating our cabin is ready so we head up to deck 11 cabin 328. Amazing balcony, amazing room steward Dwayne but a teeny-tiny room. I wrote up this cabin review separately.
Cabin Review
Cabin was soooo much smaller than anything we have been in before. We have had inside cabins on both classes of Disney ships as well as Carnival Conquest class and the Mariner of the Seas and this was by far the smallest cabin. The balcony was the largest we have had but it was little consolation when you could not get to the balcony when the sofa was made into the bed. It was so tight the room steward had to put the vanity chair and coffee table on the balcony each night. The shower was like being in a tube of some kind and if you drop anything you will have to open the door and step out to get it. I also had problems with the rounded bed. I am 6'7" and had to sleep diagonally in order to keep my feet from hanging off the bed and nearly touching the other wall. If I left my feet off the end of the bed nobody could get by to go to the restroom. This cabin is one where the sofa is near the balcony which is a big plus since, once again, if the sofa is out you have to squeeze by.